Saturday, January 2, 2016

On The Fact That The Founders Hated Democracy Because It Doesn't Favor The Wealthy

Yes, it is a fact that the U.S. Constitution is largely an anti-majoritarian document. The separation of powers, two senators per state regardless of population, presidential veto power, the Electoral College, limited enumerated powers for the Federal Government, etc. That, and it never once mentions the term, Democracy. Ditto, the Declaration of Independence.

America's founders were apparently smart enough to know that unchecked democratic rule invariably leads to tyranny, mob-rule, and socialism. By which I mean that the poor and middle class vote for wealth redistribution (theft from their betters).

Yes, it's true that in countries like Switzerland Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, and Sweden democratic socialism produces happiness (the people in these countries being the happiest according to the world happiness report).

But the tradeoff is that, instead of there being a handful of super-wealthy people, we only have a lot of moderately rich folks. A tradeoff that isn't worth it in my opinion, which is why I support oligarchy. An oligarchic form of government is superior in terms of protecting the rights of the wealthy minority and the rights of the wealthy individual.

Unfortunately (and as Jefferson predicted), the power of the central government (state government as well) has grown so exponentially and rapidly (the Constitution now being little more than window dressing) over the past two centuries plus these same founders would probably slit their wrists due to all the plundering of superior people (superiority that allows some to become wealthy). Frankly I couldn't blame 'em. Really.

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LLIN Proprietor Willis "I Love Strawmen" Hart

Hello, my name is Willis Hart, the new proprietor of "Lying Lester's Irrational Nation", which will now be called "Willis Hart's LLIN". Lying Lester is no longer associated with this blog (see this post for the reason why).

FYI, in regards to my Blogger ID, "I Love Strawmen", I chose it because of my intense love affair with the informal fallacy, and not due to love for actual men made of straw.

Not real men because I am not gay (not that there is anything wrong with that). Although, I do also love our wealthy overlords, many of whom are male... but my love for the oligarchs is strictly platonic.

Former Blog Proprietor Lord Lying Lester, Man of Reason

Greetings parasites! My name is Lord Lester Nation: Man of Reason, but you can call me Lying Lester. I am a fanatical devotee of the great philosopher Ayn Rand. While some may believe that this is a spoof blog, that is something I stridently deny.

The absolute truth is that it is my other blog rAtional nAtion uSA, that is a spoof... or, humor blog, if you will. A real man can laugh at himself as well those he has duped into thinking he truly is "rAtional".

With that in mind, I encourage you to visit RNUSA - while keeping in mind not to take anything I say there seriously. It is all meant to be quite humorous and (hopefully) produce a belly splitting laugh or two.

Irrational Nation is, however, a serious blog and, in my view, a place for serious commentaries and discussions... please keep that in mind if you should decide to comment. Thank you, The former management.

Former Blog Proprietor Lyle Lester (AKA The 2nd Lying Lester)

A former proprietor of this blog, Lyle Lester has passed away. Lyle, a man who bore an uncanny resemblance to perennial Libertarian potus candidate Gary Johnson, was the victim of a tragic skydiving accident. Long story short, he plummeted to his death after jumping out of an airplane at 30 thousand feet - and his parachute failed to open. Rest in peace Lyle.

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Has it been awhile since the LLIN sight was last updated? If so, the Reason is that our sight is currently inactive. No further explanation will be given! Deal with it, parasite! Please also note, however, that a lack of activity does not mean this blog is dead or has been abandoned. All it means is that I have better things to do with my time, such as fooling the gullible over on my other blog rAtional nAtion uSA. Which is infinitely more injoyable (hoodwinking the suckers who read RNUSA, that is). Ha ha ha ha ha!!! (That's me laughing at my RNUSA readers).

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Octopusis one of the most brilliant and original theoriticians in all of human history and I know this because he's told me so, many times.

Actually, I don't like the guy because he impugns people's motivation and veracity constantly and it totally pissed me off when he said that I have an agenda. Octopus is a condescending boob who thinks that the sun rises and falls on his opinions and his delivery is always pretentious, pedantic, pontifical, etc. He insults people (usually via some sort of sophomoric rhyme scheme), calls them liars, and mischaracterizes their views, and then he cries foul, when the targeted person responds in kind (maybe he feels that he's above criticism). Plus he's flagrantly orthodox and totally inept when it comes to consuming research, understanding nuance, and grasping the limitations of human knowledge. The dude thinks that he already knows everything, takes himself way too seriously, and basically sounds like some pseudo-professorial blowhard 24/7. Other than that, he's a great guy.

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All that seems indispensable in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former - James Madison.

And so today I ask ask... Wherein lies the accountability in this day and age of big government and growing statism - Lester Nation.

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual - Thomas Jefferson.

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"My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute". (appendix to "Atlas Shrugged")

"The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it's yours. But to win it requires total dedication and a total break with the world of your past, with the doctrine that man is sacrificial animal who exists for the pleasure of others. Fight for the value of your person. Fight for the virtue of your pride. Fight for the essence, which is man, for his sovereign rational mind. Fight with the radiant certainty and the absolute rectitude of knowing that yours is the morality of life and yours is the battle for any achievement, any value, any grandeur, any goodness, any joy that has ever existed on this earth". John Galt quote that ended Ayn Rand's last public speech (New Orleans Nov 1981)

"The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government".